09/12/18

THE BET “HIP HOP AWARDS” 2018 WILL PREMIERE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 AT 8PM ET/PT ON BET NETWORKS

DRAKE LEADS WITH 11 NOMINATIONS FOLLOWED BY CARDI B WITH 10 NODS

11 NODS FOR DRAKE INCLUDE ‘LYRICIST OF THE YEAR,’ ‘MVP OF THE YEAR,’ ‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR,’ ‘HOT TICKET PERFORMER,’ ‘HUSTLER OF THE YEAR,’ ‘BEST COLLABO,’ ‘SWEET 16,’ AND 2 NODS EACH FOR ‘BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO’ & ‘SINGLE OF THE YEAR’ CATEGORIES

10 NODS FOR CARDI B INCLUDE ‘BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO,’ ‘ALBUM OF THE YEAR,’ ‘MVP OF THE YEAR,’ ‘SINGLE OF THE YEAR,’ ‘HOT TICKET PERFORMER,’ ‘MADE-YOU-LOOK AWARD,’ ‘BEST COLLABO,’ AND 2 NODS IN THE ‘SWEET 16’ CATEGORY

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OTHER TOP NOMINEES INCLUDE CHILDISH GAMBINO WITH 6 NODS, TRAVIS SCOTT AND KENDRICK LAMAR WHO BOTH SNAGGED 5 NODS

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New York, NY – September 12, 2018 – The BET “Hip Hop Awards” will return to The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater for the second consecutive year on Saturday, October 6, 2018, and will premiere on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 8:00PM ET/PT.

Grammy Award winning, Multi-Platinum artist, Drake leads this year’s nominations with an impressive 11 nods. Following the impressive release of Scorpion, Drake’s 11 nods includes ‘Lyricist of the Year,’ ‘MVP of the Year,’ ‘Sweet 16,’ ‘Album of the Year,’ ‘Hot Ticket Performer,’ ‘Hustler of the Year,’ ‘Best Collabo,’ and two nods for the ‘Best Hip-Hop Video,’ & ‘Single of the Year’ categories. Cardi B,2017 Best New Hip-Hop Artist winner, follows closely with an astonishing 10 nominations. With her first official release Invasion of Privacy, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper snags 10 nods including ‘Best Hip-Hop Video,’ ‘Album of the Year,’ ‘MVP of the Year,’ ‘Single of the Year,’ ‘Hot Ticket Performer,’ ‘Made-You-Look Award,’ ‘Hustler of the Year,’ ‘Best Collabo’ and 2 nods in the ‘Sweet 16’ category.

Childish Gambino snagged the third highest nominations with 6 nods including ‘Hot Ticket Performer,’ ‘Lyricist of the Year,’ ‘MVP of the Year,’ ‘Best Hip-Hop Video,’ and ‘Single of The Year,’ all of which he will face off against top nominees Cardi B & Drake. Additionally, he snags a nomination for this year’s ‘Impact Track’ award for his first No. 1 hit, “This is America,” whose video also garnered director Hiro Murai, his first ‘Video Director of the Year’ nomination.

Other top nominees for the 2018 awards include Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar, who both received 5 nods, Travis Scott’s nominations include ‘Hot Ticket Performer,’ ‘Lyricist of the Year,’ ‘MVP of the Year,’ and the ‘Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style).’ Kendrick Lamar’s nods include‘Hot Ticket Performer,’ ‘Hustler of the Year,’ ‘Lyricist of the Year,’ ‘Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse,’ and ‘Best Hip Hop Video’ for the visuals for “Loyalty” featuring Rihanna.

I Like It - Produced By Craig Kallman, JWhiteDidIt and Tainy (Cardi B Feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin)

Nice For What - Produced By Murda Beatz (Drake)

This Is America - Produced By Donald Glover & Ludwig Goransson (Childish Gambino)

Best New Hip-Hop Artist

BloBboy JB

Juice Wrld

Lil Baby

Rich The Kid

XXXTentacion

Best Mixtape

BlocBoy JB - Simi

Future - Beast Mode 2

Juicy J – Shut Da F* Up

Lil Wayne - Dedication 6: Reloaded

Zoey Dollaz - Sorry Not Sorry

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse

21 Savage - “Bartier Cardi” (Cardi B Feat. 21 Savage)

Cardi B - “Motorsport” (Migos Feat. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj)

Drake - “Look Alive” (Blocboy JBFeat. Drake)

Kendrick Lamar - “New Freezer” (Rich The Kid Feat. Kendrick Lamar)

Nicki Minaj - “Big Bank” (Yg Feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Nicki Minaj)

Impact Track

Childish Gambino - This Is America

Dej Loaf & Leon Bridges - Liberated

Lecrae - I'll Find You Feat. Tori Kelly

Meek Mill – Stay Woke Feat. Miguel

N.E.R.D - 1,000 Feat. FUTURE

DJ of the Year

Calvin Harris

DJ Envy

DJ Drama

DJ Khaled

DJ Mustard

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip-Hop Style)

Cardi B

Migos

Nicki Minaj

Remy Ma

Travis Scott

Best Hip-Hop Online Site/App

ALLHIPHOP

Complex

Hot New Hip Hop

Worldstar

XXL

Hustler of the Year

Cardi B

DJ Khaled

Drake

Jay-Z

Kendrick Lamar

Travis Scott

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